Crown black; fore part of the head, breast, and wings dark-brown; 
lighter on the edges of the feathers; breast and neck dirty white, at 
the lower part slightly spotted with black and brown; a streak down 
- the back of the neck dark-brown; under surface white, each feather 
barred with black and brown; thighs the same; tail and lower part of 
the back black; bill lead-coloured ; legs and feet black. 
Antts Arboretiss..scccccecceeseeees Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 207. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 540. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 852. 
Anas fistularis Jamaicensis.... Rati Syn. 192. 
Black-billed Whistling Duck.. Edw. Glea. pl. 193. 
Canard Siffieur de St Dominique Buff. Ois. 804. 
Inhabits the West Indies and the adjacent portions of America. 
LEPTOTARSIS EYTONI. 
Lep.—Brunneus ; lateribus axillaribusque ferrugineis. 
BROWN SLENDERLEGS. 
Brown duck; with the flanks axillaries ferruginous. 
IN IN 
LT SEE EEE 21 PONE. sees oy teenk wes 2 1-5th 
PMID chsabigs ptevesstesysuis 14 Middle l06) \iiizcniansms 24 
Duck, with the wings, back, and scapulars vandyke brown, 
inclining to slaty blue on the upper part of the back; flanks posteriorly 
bright ferruginous buff, ornamented with very long axillary feathers, 
each of which are edged with black, and entirely covered when the 
wing is closed; tail coverts also buff; the flanks anteriorly and under 
wing coverts bright ferruginous, the former beautifully barred with 
black; crown and streak down the back of the neck sienna brown, 
the feathers on the former rather stiff; below luteous, inclining to 
dirty lemon colour; the chin and throat lighter; two-thirds of the 
bill towards the base black ; the remainder, with the legs, approaching 
to orange yellow. 
Leptotarsis Bytoni...s.cccccevees Gould’s MSS. 
